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501 records in IE in 2010
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
59 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Defence if there are plans for Ireland’s participation in further UN peace keeping missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23447/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
58 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the role he sees for the Irish Defence Forces in future EU and UN sponsored peace keeping, peace enforcement, crisis control, humanitarian or other missions or emergencies; the EU or UN or national mechanisms likely to apply; the extent of any future training arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23409/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
57 Deputy James Reilly asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made on securing a new overseas mission for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23522/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
56 Deputy Kathleen Lynch asked the Minister for Defence if he will seek to ensure that unit commanders and administrative officers of the Reserve Defence Forces operate at a uniform level throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23352/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
53 Deputy Seán Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on the work of the Government task force on emergency planning which he chairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23366/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
51 Deputy Jim O’Keeffe asked the Minister for Defence the number of non-nationals who are members of the Defence Forces; if there is any arrangement with the member states of the EU to facilitate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23304/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
49 Deputy Pádraic McCormack asked the Minister for Defence if, in view of the impending retirement of the current military judge and the crucial nature of his role within the military justice system, a competition to find a replacement has been conducted; the result of that competition; when his replacement is due to take up the role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23499/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
48 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence the role played by the Reserve Defence Forces in radiological monitoring over the past five years; if he intends to enhance this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23347/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
77 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the fitting of roll over protection systems to Defence Forces vehicles; if it is intended to fit the ROPS system to all passenger carrying vehicles; when this process is expected to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23365/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
45 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Defence the progress made regarding the fitting of roll over protection systems to Defence Forces vehicles; if it is intended to fit the ROPS system to all passenger carrying vehicles; when this process is expected to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23363/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
44 Deputy John O’Mahony asked the Minister for Defence if it is intended to recruit cadets for the Army, the Naval Service and the Air Corps, respectively, in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23518/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
153 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the extent to which all materials and equipment including seagoing vessels used by the naval service are upgraded, updated or replaced as necessary; the extent to which this has happened over the past three years and is likely to be provided for in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23760/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
50 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Defence if any decisions have been made, or recommendations given to him, on the issue of the vessel replacement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23491/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
42 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Defence his plans for vessel replacement for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23371/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
40 Deputy Dinny McGinley asked the Minister for Defence if he has availed of or is availing of the services of a public relations company for Government or constituency business; if the bills for the services provided are paid for by the Houses of the Oireachtas; if any such company is in receipt of a retention fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23504/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
157 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence the number of female personnel who have retired or taken early retirement in the Defence Forces in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23764/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
39 Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Defence his plans, through scheduled recruitment, to correct the extent to which the Defence Forces have disproportionate ratios of males to females in view of a commitment made by him in Dáil Éireann on 21 April 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23489/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
55 Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Defence the number of the seven recommendations of the PA report that have been completely implemented regarding the provision of medical services in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23407/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
41 Deputy Billy Timmins asked the Minister for Defence when it is proposed to appoint the line colonel to act as commander of the central medical unit proposed in the PA Consulting group review of the medical services; if it is planned that this appointment will be at the rank of colonel indefinitely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23528/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
38 Deputy Phil Hogan asked the Minister for Defence if the final reports from a number of the working groups on the implementation of the Defence Forces medical review, including those on the future medical information system, organisation and establishment, training and education, and financial arrangements and outsourcing, were received as predicted by 30 April 2010; if he will inform the Houses of the Oireachtas of the contents of those reports; if it is his intention to publish those reports; if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23495/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
36 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence his role in the management, co-ordination, activation and implementation of the national emergency plan in the event of terrorist or natural disasters; the degree to which each element in the chain of command is activated and by whom; the person or persons with responsibility for overall command and supervision in such a situation; the extent to which weather conditions over the past year have provided useful training and experience for such situations; if an emergency plan can be activated and implemented within days, hours or minutes in such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23408/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
81 Deputy Eamon Gilmore asked the Minister for Defence his proposals, if any, regarding officers and NCO’s of the Reserve Defence Forces retaining their rank for overseas missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23350/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
47 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Defence the reason, in view of the fact that €20 million to €30 million has been spent on Reserve defence force annually, no reservists are qualified to take part in overseas service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23461/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
35 Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence his proposals regarding the participation by selected Reserve personnel in peace support operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23346/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
33 Deputy Catherine Byrne asked the Minister for Defence if plans have been completed to increase the number of Irish troops serving in Bosnia in view of his previous commitment in Dáil Éireann during previous defence questions; the size of the increase; the date on which they will be deployed; the duration of the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23465/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
52 Deputy John Deasy asked the Minister for Defence if, in view of the increased threat of dissident violence on the island of Ireland, additional Defence Forces resources have been allocated to the border regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23477/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
32 Deputy Seymour Crawford asked the Minister for Defence if he is satisfied that sufficient personnel are in place in the Border region in view if the recent information regarding dissident activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23239/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
31 Deputy James Bannon asked the Minister for Defence the areas of the defence budget to which the financial savings from the withdrawal from the UN mission in Chad will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23453/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
30 Deputy Noel J. Coonan asked the Minister for Defence the number of reports commissioned by his Department since July 1997; the expenditure on reports since that date; the number of reports entirely implemented; the number partially implemented; the number unimplemented; the names of the reports unimplemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23472/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
54 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 20 January 2010, his plans regarding the future development of the Reserve Defence Forces; the current number of reservists; the budget for training of the RDF in 2010; the amount expended to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23450/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
46 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence the reason training programmes have not been put in place to facilitate a better trained reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23348/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
37 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 20 January 2010, if the review of the Reserve Defence Forces has commenced as provided for in the 2009 to 2011 phase of the Government’s value for money and policy review initiative; the details of progress made regarding the future development of the RDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23449/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
27 Deputy Joe Costello asked the Minister for Defence when recruitment will commence into the Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23349/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
26 Deputy Dan Neville asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations made at the recent Annual Delegate Conference of RDFORRA that the future development of the Reserve Defence Force depends on advances in recruit training, including the recruitment of individuals after their leaving certificate and the provision of training for them for six or eight weeks during the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23510/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
34 Deputy P. J. Sheehan asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made on agreeing an Employment Control Framework for the Defence Forces that will enable some recruiting and promotions to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23525/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
29 Deputy Seán Barrett asked the Minister for Defence when the authority to recruit and promote in the Defence Forces will be removed from the Department of Finance and returned to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23457/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
28 Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Defence when recruitment of new personnel in the Defence Forces will commence; the number of positions that will be offered; if these positions will be in the Army, Navy or Air Corps; if recruitment will extend to the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23468/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
25 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Defence Forces; when he intends to commence recruitment to bring the strength of the Defence Forces back up to 10,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23359/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
24 Deputy Pat Rabbitte asked the Minister for Defence if he will make a statement on his address to the Annual Delegate Conference of the Reserve Defence Forces Representative Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23364/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
156 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Defence if he plans to increase the strength of the Defence Forces over the next two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23763/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
43 Deputy Michael Noonan asked the Minister for Defence the current strength of the Permanent Defence Forces; the shortfall from the figure of 10,000 authorised by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23512/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
23 Deputy Olwyn Enright asked the Minister for Defence the number of persons who have left the Defence Forces since May 2009; the numbers per seniority, posting, rank, brigade, age and gender: the measures that he intends to take to ensure new recruits correct any imbalances caused by the numbers leaving the Defence Forces [23484/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
22 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Defence the progress made on agreeing an employment control framework for the Defence Forces that would enable some recruiting and promotions to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23698/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
21 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence if he will appoint a Brigadier General Director of the Reserve Defence Forces in order that the Reserve Defence Forces have a meaningful voice at general staff level [23665/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
20 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Defence the proposals he had made to ensure the deterrent impact in having ships on the ocean waves is maximised, in view of the reduction in the Naval Service patrol days; if he believes, that in view of the threat posed by drugs importation, and the costs it imposes on the health and justice budgets, that additional expenditure in preventing the importation of drugs would offer value for money and enable savings in Justice and Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23668/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
19 Deputy Brian O’Shea asked the Minister for Defence his views on whether the Irish Red Cross Society should be fully independent of Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23666/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 June 2010
18 Deputy Jimmy Deenihan asked the Minister for Defence if any contact has been received from the United Nations or other bodies regarding proposed Irish participation in peace support missions; if he had indicated to the UN and other bodies that Ireland is interested in participation in peace support missions in the immediate future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23667/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2010
402 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 11 March 2010, the further progress which has been made in relation to a recruitment campaign for the Permanent Defence Forces in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23539/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2010
401 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Questions No. 335 of 25 May 2010 and No. 594 of 13 December 2007 the fact that the red zones at Casement Aerodrome, County Dublin, are essentially two dimensional surfaces on the ground, his views on whether the area of each such red zone is a constant value irrespective of contours variations of the land bounding such zone; his further views on whether each of runways 05, 11, 23 and 29 has the same size of red zone; if he will outline such size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23382/10]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 June 2010
400 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 334 of 25 May 2010, if he will make available a copy of his Department’s submission relating to the restricted zone around Baldonnel Aerodrome to the then Dublin County Council in 1955 together with copies of all subsequent submissions to the said council seeking alterations to the restricted zone in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23381/10]